| Karma is about learning lessons. You come into this life | | | | the lesson is that you need to learn. As you learn the |
| with a purpose; a life purpose. Your aim is to learn | | | | lesson, you will then be in a better place to deal with |
| what the purpose is and then to fulfill it. As you | | | | the effects of the cause of the situation. |
| progress through life you have to learn things so you | | | | In Buddhist teaching, the law of karma, says only this: |
| can develop and move towards that purpose. | | | | `for every event that occurs, there will follow another |
| Think for a moment about how you learn your lessons. | | | | event whose existence was caused by the first, and |
| Is it thought everything going well, or is it when you | | | | this second event will be pleasant or unpleasant |
| have a struggle, are challenged, or when things just do | | | | according as its cause was skillful or unskillful.' A skillful |
| not work in your life? | | | | event is one that is not accompanied by craving, |
| The lessons that you have to learn are often | | | | resistance or delusions; an unskillful event is one that is |
| uncomfortable or unpleasant. With these lessons you | | | | accompanied by any one of those things. (Events are |
| have a choice and free will on what you do about the | | | | not skillful in themselves, but are so called only in virtue |
| effect of them on you. You can choose to make the | | | | of the mental events that occur with them.) |
| most of the situation and learn what you needed so | | | | Therefore, the law of Karma teaches that |
| that it will never have it happen again. In this way the | | | | responsibility for unskillful actions is born by the person |
| lesson would have been very beneficial. If instead, you | | | | who commits them. |
| do not learn from the lesson, you will be doomed to | | | | So rather than think about karma, think about cause |
| repeat it again and again, until you do learn the lesson. | | | | and effect. Do you want to be at the cause side and |
| In your life are there things that you think are not fair, | | | | learn or be at the effect side and be disempowered? |
| that may be karma happening, or what you are feeling | | | | You can make it work for you by causing things to |
| very uncomfortable about? If so, then discover what | | | | occur that will give you the effect you want. |